Medina v. Stinson

—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Washington County) to review a determination of respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Petitioner was found guilty of violating prison disciplinary rules which prohibit inmates from fighting and engaging in violent conduct in a group. The misbehavior report, the videotape of the incident and the testimony of the correction officer who observed petitioner participating in a melee in the prison yard provide substantial evidence to support…